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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-6500

Global Score
80 vs 61
Hardware Fit
52 vs 69
Quality Score
92 vs 58

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H170M-D3H
CPUApple M4 MaxIntel Core™ i5-6500
Cores164
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxGP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec16.135.7
First chunk14 ms438 ms
TTFT5.8 s5.1 s
Load time8.5 s40.1 s
Memory usage0.0 GB5.5 GB
Memory %0%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
8/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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